Subject: Re: a/b keyboard switch OpenVMS-win2k Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 02:05:27 -0500 From: "Fred Kleinsorge" Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Well, that is a novel idea. Suprised that it worked. But what the heck. In any case, I'm getting a little tired of re-explaining this. VMS and Tru64 operate the keyboard in scan set 3 mode, Windows operates it in the default mode. X11 wants to see single keystrokes, and see the up and down events for all the keys. Scan set 3 mode makes the most sense. Parsing the crap the KB does in the default mode is a pain in the arse. The best thing that a switch can do for VMS or Tru64 is to generate a KB power-up sequence, which will cause it to resend the KB setup. On the Windows side, it just wants to reset the KB. If you power up VMS without the KB connected, the driver will end up stuck waiting for a response to a KB reset command it sends - and it never gets a response to. So, power cycle the switch or the KB. The assign/deassign of the mouse will cause INDRIVER to cause a reset. I'd be suprised if this resets the KB. "Alphaman" wrote in message news:CKLk8.18829$1g.1123779@bin3.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com... > Alphaman wrote in message > news:UEJk8.115585$uv5.8838778@bin6.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com... > : > > I've also got a 2 port Cybex on another system and have lost my mouse on > > occasion when switching between Win98 and VMS. At one point in time, I > > found a sequence of commands related to the OPA device that would restore > > proper operation of the mouse, but of course did not document it... :^( > > Just did some testing on the Cybex mouse problem I reported earlier, and > found that if the mouse is not responding, doing the following cleared it > up: > > $ Open Mouse OPA3: > $ Close Mouse > > This is obviously not the most elegant way of doing it, but it worked for > me. Other more obvious (at least to me) solutions did not work (e.g., > SYSMAN IO AUTO /SEL=OP*). > > Aaron > -- > Aaron Sakovich http://www.alphant.com/alphaman.html > "payin the bills with my mad programmin skills > I got me a hundred gigabytes of RAM > I never feed trolls and I don't read SPAM" (Wierd Al Yankovic) > > >